TripAdvisor Reviews Palmin Hotel Kusadasi

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... with lunch at a local family run restaurant. Interesting to say the least and not really my thing. Most of the dishes were meat based and the rest was extremely overcooked over cooked veges with flies buzzing around them. I don't think I'm a fan of Turkish food. It was nice though sitting outside with some old dogs lazing around at our feet.

We stopped in at a Starbucks to use their Wifi before getting back on the ship. At least ...

... a wide and very orderly mall passing up the hill through the centre of the shopping precinct. Small lanes radiate away from the central mall with a myriad of small shops adorned with all sorts of merchandise. Some of the shop owners / workers are a little persistent (annoying) with tourists, however there is a certain charm around the overall ambience of the place.

The trip to the ancient Ephesus was an experience of a lifetime, and one not to ...

... pools for thousands of years. Surrounding the pools and the cotton castle is Hieropolis. According to Wikipedia, the ancient Greco-Roman and Byzantine city of Hierapolis was built on top of the white "castle" which is in total about 2,700 metres (8,860 ft) long, 600 m (1,970 ft) wide and 160 m (525 ft) high. It can be seen from the hills on the opposite side of the valley in the town of Denizli, 20 km away. As recently as the mid-20th century, hotels were built over ...

... been like during that time. If you're ever in this area, make it a point to visit this site.

Our tour also included a visit to a place where they make rugs...Rich & I got lucky & were right next to the woman weaving the rug--it certainly makes you appreciate the price of the rugs when you see how much time it takes to do each "stitch". The man telling us about how the rugs are made served us refreshments while he showed all ...

... I strip down to nothing and use their skimpy towels to cover my personal parts. But the towels keep slipping in all the water and I have to keep pulling them up! The sauna was warm and cleansing, a little too warm for me! The steam room a bit more comfortable and it was here I could feel the pores reacting. Then into another room where we lay on hot marble slabs and got washed by bowls of warm ...